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State of the Union: Obama Speeches Visualized

Seen here is a word cloud generated with words from President Barack Obama's State of the Union Address, Jan. 24, 2012.

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In President Obama's first address to a divided Congress, he faces an emboldened Republican Party, one that's deeply skeptical of his plans to boost the economy, create jobs -- and cut spending.

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In President Obama's first address to a divided Congress, he faces an emboldened Republican Party, one that's deeply skeptical of his plans to boost the economy, create jobs -- and cut spending.

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President Obama sought to console the nation Jan. 12, 2011 after a gunman in Arizona killed six and injured 13 people. Congresswoman Gabriel Giffords was shot in the head but is recovering; 9-year-old Christina-Taylor Green was killed. In his speech at the Tucson memorial service, the president called for more civilized discourse in politics and implored every American to "do everything we can do to make sure this country lives up to our children's expectations."

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"We are not a nation that says 'don't ask don't tell', we are a nation that says 'out of many, we are one.'"President Obama said after signing a repeal of the military's "don't ask don't tell" policy Dec. 22, 2010. In its 17-year history, 13,000 troops were dismissed under the policy.

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Job creation and health care reform were the top priorities in President Obama's first State of the Union address. Given on Jan. 27, 2010 when 9.7 percent of the population was unemployed, the president dedicated about two-thirds of his speech to the economy and domestic policy.

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President Obama announced the end of the U.S. combat mission in Iraq in a Feb. 27, 2009 speech to Marines at Camp Lejeune, N.C . He outlined an 18-month plan to withdraw the majority of America's 142,000 troops by Aug. 31, 2010. Some 35,000 to 50,000 troops would remain in Iraq to train, equip and advise Iraqi Security Forces, he said.

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On Dec. 9, 2009 newly-elected President Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. He was commander-in-chief of two wars and had ordered 30,000 more troops into Afghanistan a week before receiving the prize. His acceptance speech focused on the need for "just war" and "just peace." "We can understand that there will be war, and still strive for peace," he said.

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On March 23, 2010 President Obama signed the $938 billion health care reform bill into law, marking the culmination of more than a year of heated debate. In his speech following the signing ceremony, he highlighted changes that would be implemented within the year including: extending the age young people can stay on their parent's insurance to 26, requiring insurance companies to offer free preventative care and prohibiting insurance companies from dropping coverage of sick people.

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President Obama's much-anticipated speech to the Arab world in Cairo, Egypt, won praised for ushering in a "new beginning" between the United States and Muslims. In the June 4, 2009 speech, Obama addressed the need for a Palestinian state, called for Israel to stop settlements in the West Bank and affirmed that all U.S. troops would pull out of Iraq by 2012.

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After being sworn in as the 44th president of the United States, Jan. 20, 2009, Barack Obama called upon the country to usher in a new "era of responsibility." The National Mall in Washington, D.C. was packed with an estimated 1.8 million people as President Obama announced, "Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off and begin again the work of remaking America."

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After being elected the first black president in American history, Sen. Barack Obama triumphantly exclaimed to a crowd of 150,000 supporters in Chicago Nov. 4, 2008 "at this defining moment, change has come to America." He defeated Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., 52.9 percent to 45.6 percent